The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-11

manufacture of this wood will hencefortl
prove valuable addition to Darien trade
for many years to come.
Hannibal Crossen, a well-to-do farmer liv
ing about twelve miles from Camilla, in &
! southwesterly direction, was bitten by 1
| mad dog over two months ago. A few days
! since the effect from the bite began TO de
| Velop ITSELF and it is now pronounced gen
uine case Of hydrophobia, At times Mr.
| CroSsen appears perfectly rational, but If ht
| sees or hears water he becomes perfectly un
| cOntrollable He is now confined to his bed
! with strong cords to prevent him from do
| ing any injury to those who may come
around him. The doctors in attendance re-
gard the case rs a hopeless one.
Quitman Free Press Our prediction that
Brooks county would ship between 500 and
600 carloads of melons is already fulfilled,
and we will have TO add another 100 to this
number before the season is over Including
Fridays shipments there have been 43j car
loads shipped from Quitman, 81 from Dixie,
and, at low estimate, rs from Ousley,
making grand total of 562 carloads Al
though Ousey is not in this county, Brooks
is entitled to IS carloads claimed, for they
were raised within her borders. Prices are
by no means as good as they were earlier
in the season, but some good returns are
still coming in.
1t requires much money TO make and un-
make laws, as the subioined daily expenses
well indicates. The President of the Senate
and Speaker of the House get 81 and mile
age IA members of the House and 43 mem
bers of the Senate, 2 doorkeepers and mes
sengers get 81. These are entitled to mile
age of 10c. &c. each way; besides assistant
doorkeepers and gallery keepers, ST. The
Secretary of the Senate draws 500 and the
Clerk of the House $40, per day, out of
which each employs necessary clerical force ;
, porteIs and attendants get 81 and 10
pages 81 50; 2 chaplains have a salary of
500 each To these may be added several
minor appropriations to meet current ex-
penses.
This week Judge Fort will hold special
term of Schley County Court for the trial
of Charley Blackman, who murdered young
Tondee, of Ellaville, in the early summer of
1885. AT the fall term of the court Black
man was tried for murder, found guilty,
and sentenced to be hanged The trial was
a memorable one. Rather than stop the
peadings of counsel, court took "a recess for
supper and then, through the silent watches
of the night Willis Hawkins and Ben Hin
ton, two veteran lawyers, entered the arena
and matched their eloquence, each against "A
foeman worthy of his steel Both have
since passed into the great beyond. Black
man was condemned to death at the solemn
hour of midnight, and still lives techni-
cality, by the hard work of his attorneys,
secured him new trial from the Supreme
Court. Again he was tried, and the doom
of death pronounced against him. Again
the defense was triumphant, and he secured
a new trial. What the result will be on this
third trial none can guess.
Comptroller General Wright has just is
sued a neat pamphlet containing the names
of every insurance company doing business
in the State, the amount of their risks, pre-
miums, losses, for the fiscal year ending
April 80, 1887. There are forty-eight fire in
surance companies, eighteen old line life
companies, six assessment companies, and
nine accident companies, a total of eighty
one companies doing business in the State.
These companies have at risk in the
State of Georgia $l45, 205, 1863. As there
has been some dispute in regard to the com
panies doing business in Georgia as to which
one does the largest the figures of the Comp
troller will finally settle the matter. In the
list of fire companies the Southern Mutual
of Athens ranks first, the London, Liver
pool and Globe second, the Georgia Home of
Columbus third In the list of life compa-
MES the Mutual Life of New York comes
first, the New York Life second and the
Northwestern Mutual Life third. The
British and Foreign Marine does more bust
ness than all the other accident companies
combined.
1t has been understood that the tract of
land known as the Florida Midland railroad
depot grounds, in the western portion of
Valdosta, which was conditionally ceded, OF
promised, to that company, and to which
the town claims still to hold the title, would
be granted to the Georgia Southern and
Florida Railroad Company inasmuch as the
Florida Midland had failed to build their
road; but on Wednesday last the latter
company, through their attorney, j. NJ
Wilkinson, served the town authorities
with u notice that they would fight the
deciding of the property to the
Georgia Southern and Florida, and
would claim the right to the land.
A representative of the Valdosta Times
talked with Mayor Thomas and Council
man j. O. Narnedoe about the matter, and
they are confident that the town holds an
absolute and unincumbered title to the prop
erty, and that they viii be able to decd the
property to the Georgia Southern if that
company should decide that the land in
question is a desirable place for them to To-
cate their depot and shop grounds upon.
They also said that if the Florida Midland
would construct and equip their road the
town would make good to them the original
pledge, that is, to give them grounds for
terminal facilities